by | Oct 14, 2015 | Kravis Prize, Landesa, Roy Prosterman
Landesa, the inaugural recipient of the 2006 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership, has just been named the 20th recipient of the Hilton Humanitarian Prize, which is the world’s largest humanitarian award. Established by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation...
by | Aug 29, 2014 | Civil Society, Community Development, Kravis Prize, Landesa, Poverty Reduction, Roy Prosterman
Say you find an old dollar bill in a pair of jeans … where does that dollar end up? Paying for your morning coffee? Carefully deposited in your bank account? What is the best way to invest a single dollar? Melissa Warnke, author of “Bang for Your Buck,” an article...
by | Feb 24, 2014 | Landesa, Poverty Reduction, Roy Prosterman
The following is a report from Roy Prosterman, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Landesa. For his work with Landesa, Mr. Prosterman was named the 2006 Recipient of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership. Since our initial work on land tenure reform took place in what...
by | Jul 3, 2013 | Kravis Prize, Landesa, Roy Prosterman
What is happening in China? When China unveiled its plan to urbanize over 250 million rural Chinese over the next dozen years, prestigious news outlets turned to Landesa, whose founder Roy Prosterman was 2009 Kravis Prize winner, for its expertise on land-rights...
by | Jun 21, 2013 | FAWE, Kravis Prize, Landesa, Pratham
The needs of the poor and the disadvantaged don’t stop in the summer, and neither have the efforts of several Kravis Prize recipients, who are continuing to deliver innovative aid to communities around the world. In recent weeks, a new Pratham partnership...
by | Apr 19, 2013 | Award Ceremony, Escuela Nueva, FAWE, Johann Olav Koss, Kravis Prize, Landesa, m2m, Pratham, Right 2 Play
Kravis Prize founders Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis ’67 visited the CMC campus yesterday to present the 2013 Kravis Prize to Johann Olav Koss and his organization Right To Play. They presented the award to Koss during an evening ceremony held in the Marian...
